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J. W. RIGLANDER. TEMPORARY CASE FOR MAINSPRINGS.

Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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TEMPORARY CASE FOR MAlNSPRlNGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,566, dated February 12, 1889. Application filed August 30, 1888. Serial No. 234,156. (No model.)

- To all whom it TILCl-j/ concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB W. RIGLANDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Temporary Cases for Springs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a temporary case or holder for springs of the class that are gen- 1o erally used in watches or clocks, by the use of which I secure several beneficial results. First, rusting of the springs due to handling isprevented second,the springs maybe transferred from the temporary case or holder di- I 5 rectly into the barrel of the watch or clock without coming in contact with the fingers of the person so using it; third, the springs may be identified as the goods of specific manufacturers or dealers, their grade, finish, 850.; fourth, the springs are conveniently incased for transportation; and, fifth, the ease or holder may be reused indefinitely.

It is well known in the-"trade to which my invention pertains that a considerable percentage of springs are injured and frequently destroyed because of their rusting as a result of handling. I obviate this difficulty and secure the foregoing advantages by the devices herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which the same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the case and spring-ej ector, the ejector being removed. 3 5 Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the case, taken on the line 5000, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bottom of the case. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional viewshowing the position of the spring-ejector relative to the case; Fig. 5, the same asFig. 4:, with the addition of attachin ears or projections passing through a card; Fig. 6, a plan view of the case, being an example of the manner of affixing the identifying-marks; Fig. 7, a sectional elevation of the case and of a watchbarrel, illustrating the method of transferring the spring from the case to the watch-barrel; Fig. 8, a plan view of a card and attached cases; Fig. 9, a view of the back or reverse side of aportion of a ca1-dand attached cases;

and Fig. 10 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a tube and contained cases.

I In the drawings, A is the temporary case, A the wall, and A the bottom thereof. I prefor to make the case as deep as the spring is I wide, or slightly deeper. It may, however, be of less depth. The case may be struck up from sheet metal in any well-known method, or otherwise made, as desired. I make a de l pression, B, which maybe of such shape in cross-section as desired across the entire hoti tom of the case, within which the springejector C rests. It consists of a flat or otherwise shaped piece or bar of metal. The con tained spring rests upon the flat portions a a of the case, and the depression B and the ejector-bar U are so formed relative to each other that the ejector C can pass freely beneath the contained spring without disturbing its position on the bot-tom of the case. D D are slots formed in. the wall of the case,

necessarily, be coincident with the ends of the. depression 13.

\Vhen the case is to be used simply as a receptacle for the spring without means for its ejection, it is not essential to make the depression B in its bottom, nor to form the slots D D in its *all, although I prefer to have the slots there, since they reduce the weight of the case, thus saving the expense of transportation, which is frequently by mail, and in such case I do not use the movable ejector G.

In Fig. 5 is shown a case provided with ears or projections E, by means of which it may be attached to a card or other support, whereby the springs may be more conveniently exhibited and transported. To form these ears, I utilize these parts of the wall A of the case which are removed to form the slots D, as follows: Instead of removing the entire piece, I cut it on the lines forming the sides of the slots, leaving the metal at the junction of the bottom and wall of the case adjacent to the depression B intact. After this is done, I bend down the metal remaining after the cutting operation, (the malleability of the metal permitting this) and by so doing form the ears E E. I prefer to form these ears on all my cases, and have not shown them in the previous figures, because there I desire to show and describe the case in as simplea manner as could be done.

In Fig. 6 is shown a top view of the case,

and which should preferably, although. notand upon the internal portion of the bottom of the same I stamp or otherwise produce the desired identifying symbols or letters F. In most instances the spring fills but a very small portion of the interior of the case,leaving a centrallylocated unoccupied space upon which the inscription of any letters or means of identification may be stamped or otherwise produced, as by a label attached thereto,

the s )ace covered bv the letters bein always a n'latter that can be regulated, the space covered by the spring being approximately ascertained, so that the letters or other means of identification will be visible from the top of the case.

The means of idm'itilication before described may be, if preferred, produced upon the outside of the bottom, and the card to which it may be attached should in such case be provided with openings, through which the said identifying-characters may be noted, as shown in Fig. 9. l

The operation of transferring the spring from the case to the watch or clock barrel, it being illustrated in Fig. 7, is as follows:

G is the spring-barrel of thewateh orcloek. For the purpose of description it is only necessary to show the barrel. separate from the adjoining parts of the movement, and this I have done. I prefer to make the interior of the case A of the same or of SOll'lGWlliLl] less diameter than. the barrel, in order that the case may be placed within it, or at least so that the inner surfaces of the case and of the barrel will. coincide, for if so the spring when pressed from the case will slide easily into the barrel. The case being adjusted relative to the barrel, as above stated, pressure is applied to the ends of the ejector C, which project beyond the sides of the case, by means of the the fingers of the person operating the ease, or by other means, as preferred, whereby the ejector is forced through the case, being held in position and passing through the slots D D, thus the spring forced outwardly by the ejector is transferred from the case into the barrel and is there suitably secured. The case is then removed and may be reused indefinitely, as above explained.

Although, as stated, I prefer that the case should be of not greater interior diameter than the barrel, still I do not limit myself to such dimensions, because the case will serve its purpose as a protector of the spring and as a transportation and exhibition case therefor whether it coincides, as stated, with the size of the barrel in which the spring is to be placed or not.

One of the methods I prefer to use for displaying, handling, or shipping the case and contained spring is illustrated in Fig. 8, in which H is a card or other suitable support, upon which the cases are arranged in any desired manner.

To attach the cases to the support II, the latter is punctured, and the ears E E are passed through the holes or punctures and clinched on the back Fig. fl.

The case being provided with a depression in its bottom of such size as to permit the independent ejector to be passed entirely through it without disturbing the contained spring, it is not essential that the ejector should remain within and form part of each case. On the coi'ltrary, a single ejector, as shown at I, Fig. 8, is all that is necessary to accompany each card, because it maybe successively employed as the ejector for each of the cases upon it. It may be attached to the card, as shown, or in any other manner, there by saving the cost of extra labor and material which would necessarily be expended if each case were to be provided with an individual ejector. If preferred,however, each case may be provided with its own ejector, and it may be so constructed to bea permanentattachment to the ease.

At I) b are shown small protuberances formed upon the bottom of the case for the purpose of keeping it flat upon the card and preventing its rocking thereon; but as these are not essential to the successful operation of my invention they maybe omitted or not, as desired.

At Fig. 10 I have shown another method of packing my cases for transportation, which consists of a tube, .l, of any desired shape, (I have shown it as eylindrieah) closed at either end or not, in which the cases and contained springs are placed successively upon each other, and the'ejector (which will, as before described, answer for any number of cases) supported upon its outside, as shown at K, or affixed to it in any other desired manner, the reason for affixing the ejector as shown in Figs. 8 and lObeingsim ply to prevent its loss.

If the cases are to be packed in tubes, as shown in Fig. 10, the attaching-ears E are unnecessary. If, however, it is desired to ship them in bulk in tubes to be afterward carded, they may be provided with the ears and packed in tubes, as shown in Fig. 10, the ears of each superposed case fitting into the slots in the wall of the case immediately below, thus occupying no additional space.

By the employment of the tubes the springs are more effectually protected from handling or moisture than if shipped on cards only.

The case maybe made of anydesired shape; but I prefer a circular and cup-shaped case, as shown in the drawings.

The springs will be held in place within the case by their own resiliency.

I do not limit myself to the evact construction shown in the drawings, since alterations may be made therein and still my invention be employed. It is obvious, also, that other means outside from the bar above referred to may be employed for the ejection of the spring; also, that if the ejeetor-bar be in the form of a flat piece of metal that the spring may rest upon it and need not be received into any de pression in the case.

side of the support, as shown in IIO 'What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a receptacle for springs, of a case having oppositely-arranged slots in its wall and means arranged to slide in said slots for ejecting the spring, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a receptacle for springs, of a case having slots in its wall, and

a spring-ejeetor projecting beyond the exterior of the wall of the case and arranged to slide in said slots to eject the spring, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a receptacle for q orings, of a case having slots formed in its d all and a depression in its bottom, and

, neans for ejecting the spring, substantially /as described.

, ,1 4:. The combination, in a receptacle for 2o springs, of a case having slots formed in its wall and a depression in its bottom, and a spring-ejector constructed and arranged to enter said slots and depression and projectbeyond the exterior of the wall of the case,

6 5 substantially as described.

The combination, in a receptacle for springs, of a case having oppositely-arranged slots formed in its wall, a spring-ejector adapted to enter said slots, and ears or clips 0 formed on the case for securing the same to a card, substantially as described.

6. The combination, in a receptacle for springs, of a case having oppositely-arranged slots formed in its wall and a depression in its bottom, a spring-ejector, and ears or clips formed on the case for securing the same to a card, sul1 stantially as described.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a receptacle for watch-mainsprings, consisting of a case having oppositely-arranged slots in its wall, a spring-ejector, and identifying symbols or letters upon its bottom, substantially as described.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a receptacle for watch-mainsprings, consisting of a case having oppositely-arranged slots in its wall and a depression in its bottom, aspringejector, and identifying symbols or letters upon its bottom, substantic lly as described.

9. As a new article of manufacture, a re ceptacle for watchnnainsprings, consisting of a case having oppositely-arranged slots in its wall, a spring-ejector, identifying symbols or letters upon its bottom, and ears or clips formed on the case for securing the saine to a card, substantially as described.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a receptacle for watch-mainsprings, consisting of a case having oppositely-arranged slots in its 5 wall, and a depression in its bottom, a springejector,identifying symbols or letters upon its bottom, and ears or clips formed on the case for securing the same to a card, substantially as described.

11. The combination, in a receptacle for watch-mainsprings, of a case adapted to contain a spring and an ejecting-bar located beneath the spring within the case, the ends whereof project beyondthe sides of the said case, whereby the spring may be forced from the case by pressure on the projecting ends of the said bar, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Berne, in the county of Berne,

Switzerland, this 10th day of August, A. D. 1888.

JACOB W. RIGLANDER.

lVitnesses:

Jon. \VABER, J. E. HINNEN. 

